One of the things that I miss the most about being away from home is the food. Of course family and friends are at the top of the list but food is definitely a close second. It’s something about the food in the place that you grew up in, its so comforting. Even if the…

I pulled up my pinterest today and a recipe came up that really worked my nerves… Cajun Chicken Pasta. It was suppose to be a copycat recipe from a menu item that Chili’s once served or something Yall…. Y’All…. The only spices listed were salt and pepper…. Not a cayenne pepper or a red pepper…

About 8:50pm I got the dreaded text message “Code Red Prince William County Schools closed for Inclement Weather… High Winds. Ok LOOK… Im about sick and tired of this school closing ONCE A WEEK! At least! I have no problem with my child being at home but they have been out of school a lot….

My Birthday always makes me super reflective about where I was last year and where I am now. Today is no different… Last year I was a mother of one (not yet pregnant with #2), a fiance preparing for a wedding and a business owner selling organic baby food. I lived in Birmingham, Al which…

I’ve created a monster… Kristian has gone smoothie crazy and I’ve just about had enough. I am so happy that she isn’t reaching for sodas and other sugary drinks or snacks but in the process she has turned my kitchen into the season opener of chopped. Every dessert now has to be a smoothie… Every……

Once upon a time I used to teach cooking classes at elementary school aftercare programs. In theory it was an amazing initiative. The kids had gardens on site and I was suppose to show them different ways they could cook what they grew… without using knives or heating elements or basically anything else that you…

January 9th seemed like another day in my pregnant life. I woke up and ate a bowl of cereal, my favorite food at the . The heartburn the night before had been especially terrible and I was really at the point of staging a sit in at the hospital until they decided to take this…

Ok ladies, does it seem like the world moves just a little bit faster when you’re not feeling well? Time sure does seem to be in fast forward for me. We have had some crazy weather here in VA and I can only imagine thats one of the major reasons that we are sick. One…

To be perfectly clear I live in a suburb OUTSIDE of D.C. Residents of D.C. take offense to you saying you live in D.C. when you actually don’t. In defense of the suburbs nobody really know any of them by name so it’s just easier to say “Washington, D.C.” or “DMV”. Either way I hardly…

Is about to change her life… I think the only truer words are in red in the Bible. It’s something about cutting your hair that makes you feel like you have a new beginning. Like it’s ok to start over. So here I am starting over. My last post was about Maternal depression and how…

All I could think about when I was younger was how I couldn’t wait to be grown. Now look at me… wishing to be young again. Growing up ain’t all it cracked up to be. I would like to know where I can return this adult and get my younger self back? Most days I…

“You shouldn’t hold him so much” said the nail tech as she started my pedicure. The one I had hesitated getting because I had the baby with me and I knew I wouldn’t be able to really relax. If you saw my feet you would know this was a matter of life or death tho….

Road trips and infants do not go together… No really! They don’t! I’m not sure at what point I thought it would be simple traveling with an infant (can I still call him that? he’s 6ft tall) but it is not. We live in Northern Virginia and decided to travel to Panama City, Florida for…

Cooking with alcohol is a major part of… well… cooking. Alcohol and it’s acidity brings out the flavor in most dishes the same way salt does. It can take a dish from good to great. That’s not entirely why I cook with it tho. I mean that’s the biggest reason just not the ONLY reason….

I can be lazy… ok ok, I am lazy but that has also made me very efficient. If you want to find an easier way of doing something ask a lazy person. I also very, very productive but in the laziest way possible. I make these huge to do list and commit to checking off…

You can make almost any dish into soup if you’re lazy enough. Trust me… I’m lazy enough. Because food is always on my mind, I’m usually thinking about what I want to eat tomorrow tonight. I make it a habit to pull whatever meat I may need from the freezer so its thawed by the…

I didn’t make up the name.. I’m just passing along the information. I learned about these absolutely awesome brownies from a fellow veteran mom. I love things that look super complicated but in reality they are the farthest thing from it. This is that particular type of recipe. People will ooo and aaahh over these…

I am the master of hiding veggies in food. I add extra vegetables to everything! It’s the only way that I know to make sure my child is getting as many servings as possible. Smoothie? Let me throw some spinach in it. Stir fry? She’ll eat anything if it has soy sauce on it? You…